Isaiah Crowell has 35,000 reasons to appreciate law enforcement

Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell, center, lunges to score a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Throughout the summer, there have been repeated instances of an unarmed man being shot by police.

The rash police shootings have given way to movements such as Black Lives Matter, and another movement started when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to kneel instead of stand for the national anthem during an NFL preseason game.

That movement has spread across the country throughout NFL stadiums and even spread to college and high school football games. But it’s also a movement that has led to a discussion along with some perceived misconceptions.

One of those perceived misconceptions came from Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell, who made an Instagram post of a police officer being stabbed shortly after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed in July.

What followed after Crowell’s post was outrage, including from Stephen Loomis, President of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, who condemned the posting and threatened to have police boycott Browns games.

But through the anger, Sargent Demetrick Pennie, President of the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation saw something different. Where other’s saw outrage, Pennie saw a misconception on Crowell’s part, who never had a positive interaction with law enforcement.